Smoker&#39;s pouch.



G. TWINING.

SMOKER'S POUCH. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1912.

Patented May 12, 1914.

INVENTOR WITNESSES m .E m w CHARLES TWINING, 0F LOCUST POINT, NEW JERSEY.

SMOKERS POUCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Application filed September 24, 1912. Serial No. 722,042.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES Twmmo, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Locust Point, Monmouth county, State of New Jersey,'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Smokers Pouches, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to pouches for use by smokers, and has reference more particularly to a device of this kind which serves both as a container for tobacco and a holder for'a smokers utensil such as a pipe. 7

The invention further relates to a smokers pouch fashioned from flexible or pliable material and comprising a compartment for tobacco and a compartment for a pipe or like utensil.

My invention, in addition, contemplates the provision of a smokers pouch which consists of an outer envelop, and an inner envelop adapted to be disposed within the outer envelop. the latter having means also for holding a pipe or like device, the inner envelop constituting a container for tobacco or similar substance.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and durable pouch for smokers, which can be fashioned from different material adapted for the purpose. and in different forms, sizes and styles, which constitutes a compact and etlicient container both for tobacco and a utensil for using the tobacco, such as a pipe, which is flexible or.

pliable, so that it will readily accommodate itself to the bulk of its contentsand will conform to the pocket of thenser, which can be readily and easily manipulated, in which the tobacco and the pipe are always available for immediate use, and in which the contents are securely-held against accidental escape.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the class in question, which can be used for tobacco and a pipe, or as a holder for tobacco alone, in which the tobacco-containing compartment is similar to a tobacco pouch commonly in use which has been found to be of convenient and practicable design, and in which the outer envelop constitutes both a holder for a pipe and a protection or cover for the inner, or tobacco-containing compartment.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

I Reference is to be had to the accompanymg drawings forming a part of this specificatlon, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure l is a plan view of an embodiment of my invention, a part being broken away to show details of construction; Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the device, showing thp same closed; and Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the pouch, certain of the parts being indicated in different positions in dotted outlines, and a portion being broken away and 1n section.

Before proceeding to a more detailed explanation of my invention it should be understood that the same is fashioned either wholly or partly from flexible or pliable material such as soft rubber. leather, fabric or the like. I prefer to employ soft rubber and leather.

Referring more particularly to the drawings I have shown for example, an embodiment of the pouch comprising a tobacco receptacle or compartment 5 consisting of two parts 6 and 10, joined integrally and of soft rubber, leather or like flexible material. The parts 6 and 10 are similar and symmetrical, being of rounded form and substantially semicircular. The compartment 5 has an opening 8-9 intermediate the parts '6 and 10, and extending from one edge to the other. The edges 8S) of the opening form respectively, the edges of the parts 6 and 10. I prefer to bead or rib the edge 8 to strengthen the construction. The compartment 5 is in effect a tobacco pouch of a form commonly in use today, the part 10 being adapted to be folded within the part 6 when the pouch is closed. In this position of the elements 6 and 10 the opening 8-9 is of course closed. In Fig. l the pouch is shown with the compartment 5 open for the introduction or removal of tobacco A. In Figs. 2 and3 it is shown closed with the opening 8-9 covered by a portion of the material of the part 10.

The pouch has an outer envelop or compartment 7 fashioned preferably from flexible material. It is substantially rectangular in form. with rounded edges and corners, and is integrally or otherwise attached along two edges to the compartment 5. The

attachment of the two compartments is adj acent to the edge 8, and at the back of the compartment 5. The part 6 of the tobacco compartment is normally disposed Within the outer envelop 7 as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. The outer envelop is so proportioned that there is room therein not only for the part 6 of the compartment, but, in

addition, for a pipe 12 or other smokers' utensil. The outer envelop has preferably at one of its ends an opening 14 extending from side to side thereof and provided with thickened edges 15 in which are embedded leaf springs or strips 13 which serve normally to hold the opening closed. By pressing at the corners of the opening the springs will bebowed as indicated in dotted outline in Fig. 3, so that the end of the outer claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A smokers pouch comprising an outer inclosing compartment and a tobacco comparti'ncnt formed of flexible material and having a flexible folding connection between said compartments, the tobacco compartment having a rounded outer edge and being relatively smaller than the outer inclosing compartment, the said outer inclosing compartment being substantially rectangular and provided with a pipe receiving chamber below the rounded edge of the tobacco com partment when said tobacco compartment is folded within the outer inclosing. compartment.

2. A smokers pouch comprising an outer inclosing compartment and a tobacco compartment formed of flexible material, a flexible folding connection between said compartments, the tobacco compartment being relatively smaller than the outer inclosing compartment, said outer inclosing compart-' ment provided with a pipe receiving chamber, and an opening leading to said chamber independent of the opening to receive the tobacco. compartment.

3. A smokers pouch comprising an outer inclosing compartment and a tobacco compartment formed of flexible material, a flexible folding connection between said compartments, the tobacco compartment being relatively smaller than the outer inclosing compartment, said outer inclosing compartment provided with a pipe receiving chamber, and an opening in the outer compartment at one end thereof leading to said pipe receiving chamber.

4. A smokers pouch comprising an outer inclosing compartment and a tobacco compartment formed of flexible material, a flexible folding connection between said compartments, the tobacco compartment being relatively smaller than the outer compartment, said outer compartment having a pipe receiving chamber, an opening in the outer compartment at one end'thereof leading to said pipe receiving chamber and a spring clasp for said opening.

In witness whereof I have signed my name. to this spec1ficat1on 1n the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES TVVINING. lVitnesses CHAS. E. Dosonnn, H. C. LORCK, Jr. 

